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Bali governor upbeat that tourism won't be affected by executions
Bali governor Made Mangku Prastika said he is optimistic the relations between Jakarta and Canberra, which turned sour following the imminent execution of two Australian drug convicts, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, will not impact tourism in Bali in any significant way
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ali governor Made Mangku Prastika said he is optimistic the relations between Jakarta and Canberra, which turned sour following the imminent execution of two Australian drug convicts, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, will not impact tourism in Bali in any significant way.
Made said he was unsure Australian tourists would individually decide not to visit the island of gods over the holidays even if the Australian government boycotted Bali.
'Do the Australians want to boycott Bali? Do the Australians want to not be able to visit Bali? I do not think that the impact to tourism in Bali will be significant with regards to this case,' he said in Denpasar as quoted by Antara news agency.
Regarding the police's intensification of security on Nusakambangan prison island in Cilacap, Central Java, which was considered unnecessary and exaggerated by the Australian government, Made said it was merely a security policy that needed to be implemented.
'It is a procedure and it is not a problem,' he added.
Chan and Sukumaran were moved from Krobokan Penitentiary in Denpasar to Ngurah Rai International Airport where they were flown by a chartered Wings Air plane to Cilacap on Wednesday morning amid heavy rain.
Escorted by two Sukhois and two F-16 fighter planes, the Wings Air aircraft transporting the Bali Nine drug ring leaders arrived at Cilacap's Tunggul Wulung Airport. From there the prisoners were transferred to Nusakambangan under tight security. (nfo)(++++)
